Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-20
THE DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST THI snN NY OCTOBER 40 lss1

of which wn'lll come by cauaI. Should
he do sn tn eaIsal would receive in tolls
s., $50 per year fr,ini linn; hut such
statement was a nii-represeItation and
Jackson should have known Il, and In
the opinion Of every lumber dealer in
this rity did know II; and the Board of
Public Works should have ingrafted In
the lease aclsi>s. nakius him lray that
amount IN ease he failed to ship the
lumber IN this cstSe rs the sequal has
shown, Jackson not having shipped a
million fee, year since, think the
Board of Public Works were very weak
and unbusiuess like, aud Mr.. FIicking-
er is the party that should explain In
this ease.
III had been called on to appraise
the damages To Mr.. jackson for the
strip of land that the railroad wished to
condemn hr railroad purposes Should
have sized IL up as follows: III Mr..
jackson made the statements to the
Board of Public Works that he did to
the Committee Of the House in order to
secure the lease, then he secured what
rights he has to the Basin 10y gross mis-
therefore had no rights
or claims for damages whatever; but i
think tue State should be made party
to such Il salt, and receive reasonable
pay for the amount of laaG that is
wanted hy The .l.Ircads.
The cahl aHies / manage ship into
Akron by t1Inai. | have no doubt,
about as much lumber as all the other
shipments ofuther parties In this city
put together, and am the last man In
the city thai would impair the useful.
ness af The canal. Tie State has
property IL! this city that is OF no earth
Iy use for canal purposes, but is of
great value To the riIiiruads and to the
public interests of our city. Why
should it not be utilized aud the State
little business sense injected into this
matter, that this dead property to the
State may he properly leased or dis
posed of. would further say that il
was not ir the line of any duty of the
| Governor of our State to know all OF
these facts, aud ii he had known the
| facts lie would have heen poweriess to
prevent the wrong, and that he should
be blamed is quite wrong in my way
of thinking. The facts are that neither
Jackson nor the railroad have any
claim to the State property that they
occupy in this city other than posses.
sion hs consent of the Board of Public
Works pending action Of the Iiegisla'
ture.
very tuly Yours, 0. C. BARBER.
The Ei,qWrer takes pleasure in giving
publicitiy Io the foregoing illumina
tiuil 1f tie hi, Akrm grab. While il
appears that in some of the ulin0r de
tails our correspondent seems to have
been misinfsriuet. Mr.. Barber's let
ter fully confirms and emphasizes the
importance and startling features o.
thisexpOse az he manner in which the
property OF the State is being sacrificed
Mr.. Barber Very fully eSculpates Gov
Foraker from, all completely in the as
founding job, aud places the response
bilty upoi, Mr.. Flickinger. 1t will bt
remembered that the Enquirer's cor
respondent dill no. charge Gov. Fora
ker with completely, but suggested tha
lie ought to take time enough to de
nounee the identical steal which Mr.
Barber points our. Mr.. G. A. Flickin.
ger ought to come to the front, at leas
and make himself heard.